Nickel 200 vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Nickel 200 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.6579 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 200 and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 44 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 350 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 370 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 69 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 18 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 18 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 65 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 42 to 370 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 17 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 99 to 100 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |